Asset CleanUp <= 1.3.8.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via AJAX Action

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24983
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 3, 2022
Last Updated January 28, 2023
Researcher ZhongFu Su

Description

The Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster WordPress plugin before 1.3.8.5 does not sanitise and escape POSted parameters sent to the wpassetcleanup_fetch_active_plugins_icons AJAX action (available to admin users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

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Vulnerability Details for Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-asset-clean-up (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.8.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.3.8.5
Patched Version
  • 1.3.8.5

Recent vulnerabilities in Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster <= 1.4.0.3 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-45212 5.3 Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc) March 7, 2026
2 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster <= 1.3.9.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVE-2024-53738 5.5 Zaidan Rizaki November 27, 2024
3 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster <= 1.3.9.3 - Missing Authorization CVE-2024-43314 4.3 Ananda Dhakal August 16, 2024
4 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get CVE-2023-33999 6.1 Rafie Muhammad July 18, 2023
5 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster <= 1.3.8.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2021-36899 6.1 Nguyen Van Khanh September 28, 2022
6 Asset CleanUp <= 1.3.8.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2021-24937 6.1 ZhongFu Su January 3, 2022
7 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster <= 1.3.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting 6.1 Antony Garand April 20, 2015

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